I love this song... it's so sad.

[silversolitaire]

River
by Joni Mitchell
sung by Robert Downey Jr.

It's coming on Christmas.
They're cutting down trees.
They're putting up reindeer,
and singing songs of joy and peace.
Oh I wish I had a river I could skate away on.

But it don't snow here, it stays pretty green.
I'm going to make a lot of money,
then I'm going to quit this crazy scene
I wish I had a river I could skate away on.
I wish I had a river so long,
I would teach my feet to fly.

Oh I wish I had a river I could skate away on.
I made my baby cry.
She tried hard to help me.
You know, she put me at ease,
and she loved me so naughty,
made me weak in the knees.
Oh I wish I had a river I could skate away on.

I'm so hard to handle, I'm selfish and I'm sad.
Now I've gone and lost the best baby that I ever had.
Oh I wish I had a river I could skate away on.
I wish I had a river so long,
I would teach my feet to fly.

Oh I wish I had a river,
I made my baby say goodbye.
It's coming on Christmas.
They're cutting down trees.
They're putting up reindeer,
and singing songs of joy and peace.
I wish I had a river I could skate away on.